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Subject: 
Announcing new set database
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lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.general, lugnet.cad, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.announce
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Date: 
Fri, 15 Sep 2000 02:00:48 GMT
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LUGNET is pleased to announce a new and improved LEGO set database:

   http://guide.lugnet.com/set/

Improvements over the previous database include:

New Display Options
   Chose compact lists, thumbnails, or fully-detailed pages to browse through.

Smarter Searches
   Display any range of set numbers, or use product category names to get
   better results returned to you.

Integrated Shopping
   See a set you like?  If it's available for sale online, check the LUGNET
   Brickwise™[1] mini-report righ there on the set page.

Set Tracking
   If you're a LUGNET Member[2], you can add your own notes right on the set
   pages.  You can also mark a set as owned, want-to-buy, or want-to-sell.
   This can help you find the sets you need to be complete.

Members' Choice
   LUGNET Members[2] can also rank the best (and worst) sets of all time by
   casting votes with a new Rating System appearing with each set's page.

Have fun!
--Todd & Suz

[1] LUGNET Brickwise™ Shopping Report:  http://guide.lugnet.com/shop/
[2] LUGNET Membership:  http://www.lugnet.com/people/members/



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  Re: Announcing new set database
 
Looks great! I like the integrated shopping feature too. Brian (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)
  Re: Announcing new set database
 
(...) tho: 1) I figured out I needed to hit the "Update" button to submit a vote. But it's not intuitive where it's placed in the "My Collection" box. 2) Do the Private collection notes simply remain in the boxes, or should a new addition on the (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)
  Re: Announcing new set database
 
Just browsing through the thumbnails makes me pine over many old sets... I must say this is a definite improvement. Thanks Todd and Suz! (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)
  Re: Announcing new set database
 
(...) Looks good! Something I'd like to be able to see would be searching by two different items eg theme and date, so I could see all the Space sets in 1987. As an alternative, being able to sort the result set by year, or price, or number of (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)
  Re: Announcing new set database
 
(...) Excellent work Todd and Suz. One image problem with 1733 {Shipwrecked Pirate}, it shows the image for 1731 (imagined being shipwrecked on Ice Planet) pete.w <aquanaut@optusnet.com.au> (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)
  Re: Announcing new set database
 
(...) Very nice! One little request: would it be possible to set a cookie or a preference so that the pictures default to being large sized, for those of us lucky enough to have high-speed net access? (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)
  Re: Announcing new set database
 
(...) How about integrated parts cross-reference? That's the new feature we need the most. KL (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)  
  Re: Announcing new set database
 
Very nice job! Finally we have the range search ability..:-) Once we discussed fuzzy search with keywords, do you consider implementing this some time? (I mean searching by set characteristics, for example "red technic truck", "aircraft", etc.) (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)
  Re: Announcing new set database
 
(...) I just reworked my sets2html-script; the only problem that I found was that the following link: (URL) give a full list of all supplemental items as the former version used to; instead it shows only the set 5315. This is also true for the (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)
  Re: Announcing new set database
 
Hi! Looks really nice! A few questions though: "Set Tracking". I assume that private means "for lugnet members" and public "for everyone" ? Is there somewhere a total for the sets i have?(I have a very short memory, so this could be useful..) /Jocke (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)
  Re: Announcing new set database
 
"Todd & Suz" <admin@lugnet.com> wrote in message news:G0wo9C.B4I@lugnet.com... (...) available, I guess that one will be completely replaced in the future? (...) set (...) Is it possible to create a list (perhaps coupled to the member page) to see (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)
  Re: Announcing new set database
 
Todd & Suz wrote in message ... (...) set (...) This may be asking for a lot, however can we compile this set list of sets we own? I had to ask. Great improvements!!!! Rose (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.general)
  Re: Announcing new set database
 
"Todd & Suz" <admin@lugnet.com> wrote in message news:G0wo9C.B4I@lugnet.com... (...) through. (...) get (...) LUGNET (...) set (...) want-to-sell. (...) by (...) page. (...) Todd, The new stuff is great! How about a ranking system similar to (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)
  Re: Announcing new set database
 
(...) have given! :-, Just one nit (everyone has one, no one wants to hear from it :-) -- could you please make the set title and number, in addition to the set image, a hyperlink? I'm talking mainly about the set listings page, e.g. (URL). This (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)
  Re: Announcing new set database
 
(...) Well, I gave the new database a quick whirl, (I clicked on the guide icon and then Technic) and the first thing it showed me was a... "Gabelstapler". A little lower was "PKW" for the original auto-chassis. Is this a new LEGO code I'm not (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)
  Re: Announcing new set database
 
Looks great! One bug and one suggestion: (1) The bug is that there is a missing range indicator at the top of a listing, e.g. go to (URL) and follow the quick link to trains. The first screen is OK --- it has "First 20 of 224 Set Matches". But then (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)
  Re: Announcing new set database
 
"Todd & Suz" <admin@lugnet.com> wrote in message news:G0wo9C.B4I@lugnet.com... (...) by (...) Lugnet admin. Would it be possible to see some statistics for the sets? "The most owned set by LUGNET members", "The best looking set ever, acoording to (...) (24 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.database)
  Re: Announcing new set database
 
(...) [snip] (...) baisc sets from the mid 80s/early 902 to my comments on sets taht I own. I hope this helps. (24 years ago, 14-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

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